Riding-saddle



(No Model.)

I. BERGMAN.

RIDING SADDLE.

No. 362,707. Patented May 10, 1887.

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ISAAC BERGMAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

RIDING SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 362,707, dated May I0,1887.

(No model.)

To (bZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Issac BERGMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Riding-Saddles, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in ridingsaddles, which isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, and will first be described,and then designated in the claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a saddle having my improvement, shownat a by a portion of covering of one under pad being out to expose thewool side of the sheepskin. Fig. 2 is a erosssection of the saddle.

The saddle-tree A may be of any wellknown construction, and the seat Bmay be covered and stuffed as desired.

My invention consistsin covering the lower face of the saddle-treethatpart which comes in contact with the animals back with a tanned skinhaving the natural wool orhair adhering to it, the flesh side of saidskin being directly in contact with the saddle-tree A, and the wool orhair part being in contact with an exterior covering.

The tanned skin I), having its own wool a naturally adhering to it, isplaced with its flesh side toward or against the lower face, 6, of thesaddletree A. The wool cis thus outermost. An exteriorcover-,f,ofsuitableleather, is then placed over the wool c, and isattached in any known or suitable manner. This cover bears on theanimals back. It will thus be seen that part c of the saddle-tree, whichbears on the animals back, is in contact with the flesh side of a tannedskin whose natural wool is adhering, and the said wool constitutes thepadding between the said tree and the exterior cover, f.

The wool as a padding on the under side of the saddle is soft andelastic, and therefore very easy for the animalsbaek, and as a paddingwill not shift or get into bunches, but will maintain its position.

I am aware that it is not new to employ a sheep-skin as a cushion orspring for a saddle, the same being placed between the tree and theseat. Neither is it new to employ sheepskins sewed together with theirwool sides in to form a pad, and such I do not claim.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent ofthe United States-=- In a ridding saddle, the combination ofthe seat B, with the saddle-tree A and a pad consisting of the skin 0,having its flesh side secured to the side 0 of the tree, and providedwith a cover, f, on the wool side, all substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein the presence of twowitnesses.

ISA AC BERGMAN.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN E. MORRIS, Jim. 'I. MAnnoX.

